Named Entity Results, Amphipolis (Greece)

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he declared that Charidemus was the only
man in the world who could recover Amphipolis for Athens, and advised you to appoint him as general. But this
preliminary resolution had already been drafted and preconcerted by them, in
order that, if you should be captivated by the promises and expectations which
Aristomachus held out to you, it might be ratified there and then by the
Assembly, and no impediment might remain.

But I am at no loss for plenty of instances in the light
of which a man might reasonably be skeptical, instead of putting his trust in
those orators, and allowing Cersobleptes to become a potentate. However, I will
be content with the instance that lies nearest to hand. Of course, gentlemen,
you all know that Macedonian, Philip. It was certainly more profitable for him
to draw the revenues of all Macedonia
in safety, than the revenue of Amphipolis with risks attached; and more agreeable to have you,
his hereditary friends, on his side, than the Thessalians who once ejected his
own father.

Here is a
warning, men of Athens, which, if
you will be guided by me, you will bear in mind; and, remembering also that,
when Philip was besieging Amphipolis, he pretended to be doing so in order to hand the
place over to you, but that, when he had got it, he annexed Potidaea into the bargain, you will sh to have
the same sort of assurance that, according to the story, Philocrates, son of
Ephialtes, once opposed to the Lacedaemonians.

First of all, he was hired by Iphicrates, and drew
pay in his army for more than three years. When you had cashiered Iphicrates,
and dispatched Timotheus as commander-in-chief to Amphipolis and the Chersonesus, the man's first performance was
to surrender to the Amphipolitans those hostages of theirs whom Iphicrates had
taken from Harpalus, and put under his care, although you had ordered them to be
Harpalus, and put under his care, although you had ordered them to be
conveyed to Athens. That act
prevented you from occupying Amphipolis. Secondly, when Timotheus in his turn wanted to hire
him and his troops, he refused the engagement, and repaired by sea to Cotys,
taking with him your light galleys, though he was perfectly well aware that
Cotys was the most bitter enemy you had in the world.

Subsequently, after the decision of Timotheus to take the
operations against Amphipolis
before those against the Chersonesus,
finding that there was no mischief he could do you in that count hired himself out,—this time to the Olynthians, who were your enemies
and were then holding Amphipolis. He set sail from Cardia for Amphipolis, with the intention of
fighting against Athens, but on the
Amphipolis, with the intention of
fighting against Athens, but on the
voyage he was captured by our fleet. But in view of the needs of the hour, and
because mercenaries were wanted for the war against Amphipolis, instead of being punished
for his refusal to deAmphipolis, instead of being punished
for his refusal to deliver the hostages, and for deserting with the light
galleys to your enemy Cotys, guarantees were exchanged, and he entered the
campaign as your auxiliary

You have heard
the evidence of the dispatch and the deposition, proving that at the outset
Charidemus sold his services to a country where he expected to fight against
you, though he had the choice of many other markets; that later, finding that in
that country he could do you no harm, he sailed back to a place where he had a
chance of operating against Athens;
and that he was the chief cause of your failure to take Amphipolis. Such were the early
exploits of Charidemus. You must now look at his later conduct.

Being
at that time discharged from the service of Timotheus, he withdrew from
Amphipolis, crossed the
straits to Asia, and there, because of
the recent arrest of Artabazus by Autophradates, he hired out his forces and
himself to the sons-in-law of Artabazus. He had taken and given pledges, but he
ignored and broke his oaths, and, finding the inhabitants of the country, who
thought they were dealing with a friend, off their guard, he seized their towns,
Scepsis, Cebren, and Ilium.

Thus they distributed rewards
within the city righteously and to the public advantage; we do it the wrong way.
But what about those bestowed on strangers? When Meno of Pharsalus had given us twelve talents for the
war at Eion near Amphipolis, and had reinforced us with
three hundred of his own mounted serfs, they did not pass a decree that whoever
slew Meno should be liable to seizure; they made him a citizen, and thought that
distinction adequate.

But today every man who takes part in public life enjoys
such superfluity of wealth that some of them have built private dwelling-houses
more magnificent than many public buildings; and others have bought larger
estates than all you people in this court possess between you; while, as for the
public buildings that you put up and whitewash, I am ashamed to say how mean and
shabby they are. Can you name anything that you have acquired and that you will
bequeath to posterity, as they bequeathed the Chersonesus, and Amphipolis, and the glory of noble exploits? That glory
citizens like these are squandering as fast as they can,—but they
cannot annihilate it, men of Athens;
and we know why